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of information, and to give most careful attention to the 
verification of the notes made in previous years. The 
schedules from the lighthouses which have passed through my 
hands on their way to Mr. Eagle Clarke for incorporation in 
the " Migration Reports '^ have been also a fruitful source of 
knowledge ; while Mr. W. Macgillivray of Eoligary, Dr. John 
McRury of Barra, Mrs. Piatt (tenant of the deer-forest of the 
Park), Mr. Andrew McElfrish of Loch Maddy, Messrs. A. and 
A. C. Chapman, with many other sportsmen and naturalists, 
have done me the greatest service in forwarding full accounts 
of their observations in the group. Many old friends among 
the proprietors and their factors have also been kind enough 
to further^ my investigations, which have extended almost up 
to the present time. 
It only remains for me to mention the visits paid to the 
lonely E-ockall in the North Atlantic in the s.s. ' Granuaille ' 
in 1896 *, when the following twenty species of birds 
were noticed : — Sula bassana, Tringa alpina, Numenius 
phcBopus, Sterna minuta, Sterna ?, Larusfuscus, L. argen- 
tatus, L. canus, Rissa tridactyla, Stercorarius catarrhactes, 
S. pomatorhinus, S. parasiticus, S. crepidaius, Alca torda, 
Uria troile, Fratercula arctica, Fulmarus glacialis, Puffinus 
gravis, P. griseus, and Procellaria pelagica. 
I. List of Species new to the Outer Hebrides since 1888. 
Namb. Locality. 
Barred- Warbler {Sylvia nisoria) Barra. 
Subalpine Warbler {S. suhalpina) St. Kilda. 
Wood- Warbler {Phylloscopus sibilatrix) . North Uist. 
Sedge- Warbler {Acrocephalus phragmitis) Barra. 
Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) . . Barra. 
Waxwing {Ampelis garrula) Stornoway. 
Ked-breasted Flycatcher (Muscicapa 
parva) Monach Isles Lighthouse. 
Siskin ( Chrysomitris spinus) Barra. 
Goldfinch ( Carduelis elegans) North Uist and ? Mingulay. 
Greenland Bedpoll {Linota rostrata) . . Barra (3 specimens). 
Crossbill {Loxia curvirostra) Barra. 
Carrion-Crow (^Corvus corone) N.Ui3t(M;^//'nsA) (first shot). 
* Trans. Roy. Irish Acad. xxxi. pt. iii. pp. 66-75, pis. ix.-ii. 
